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Public Management in Transition: The Orchestration of Potentiality
Niels Akerstrom Andersen
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Description for Public Management in Transition: The Orchestration of Potentiality
Paperback. Public management in transition is a textbook about management of public administration and welfare institutions located in tensions between calls to control and calls to produce innovation and change. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 172. .
The 1st textbook to examine how new trends such as radical innovation , co-creation and potentialization challenge fundamental values in the public sector. Bridging traditional public management approaches that tend to exclude social and societal problems, with broader social theories apt to capture new dilemmas and challenges, the authors show how the effects of new forms of managerialism penetrate the state, local governments, welfare institutions as well as professional work and citizens' rights.
The 1st textbook to examine how new trends such as radical innovation , co-creation and potentialization challenge fundamental values in the public sector. Bridging traditional public management approaches that tend to exclude social and societal problems, with broader social theories apt to capture new dilemmas and challenges, the authors show how the effects of new forms of managerialism penetrate the state, local governments, welfare institutions as well as professional work and citizens' rights.
Product Details
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
610g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447328667
SKU
V9781447328667
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About Niels Akerstrom Andersen
Niels Akerstrom Andersen is Professor in the Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. His publications include Managing intensity and play at work (2013), Hybrid forms of governance (2012), and Power at play (2009). Justine Gronbaek Pors is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School. Her ... Read more
Reviews for Public Management in Transition: The Orchestration of Potentiality
A fantastic introduction to governance that brings together the concepts of innovation, organizational change and inter/intra-organizational collaboration, while considering the role of citizens within the delivery of public services. Marc Esteve, University College London This is an insightful, mature textbook. Thanks to the international perspective adopted by the authors combined with the rootedness of the analysis and argumentation ... Read more